| 1. | Inexpensive blood tests will miss 15 percent of people with hemochromatosis.
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| 2. | Also, screening for hemochromatosis may be beneficial for some patients.
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| 3. | Any one of several mutations in hepcidin result in juvenile hemochromatosis.
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| 4. | The mutation or polymorphism most commonly associated with hemochromatosis is p.
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| 5. | Hemochromatosis type 4A is characterized by impaired iron export in cells.
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| 6. | The symptoms of type 4B hemochromatosis tend to be more severe.
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| 7. | Without treatment, people can and do die of hemochromatosis.
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| 8. | But in people with hemochromatosis, something goes wrong with the system.
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| 9. | But some hemochromatosis experts are lobbying to change that practice.
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| 10. | Similarly, a person with hemochromatosis should not be administered iron preparations.
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